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My Afternoon with Courtney Love

Among the various CDs gracing my Sony 10-disc CD changer in 1994 was Hole's Live Through This. The highly addictive track, nay, anthem, "Miss World," might as well have been on a continuous loop—I listened to i...
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The Secret Life of (Cokehead) Bees

MacquarieUniversity in Australiais testing the effects of cocaine on--get this--bees. Apparently,coked-up bees react similarly to humans--i.e., things that are midly entertainly suddenly become super-exciting (...
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A.A. Gill’s Inferno

Along with its typical Bush-bashing,Vanity Fair bestows an unexpected treat in this month's issue: A hilarious, irreverent and downright acerbic article by witty British writer, A. A. Gill, which chronicles his...
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Tis the Season to…See Holocaust Movies?

Check out New York Magazine's chart, which tells you which of the four Holocaust movies currently out in theaters is right for you. The piece's text is followed by aflow chart, whichhelps to guide you in your d...
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The Best/Worst Video of All Time

This video from Chris Dane Owens is a cross between a shitty Meat Loaf video and The Lord of the Rings with a little bit of This is Spinal Tap (the "Stonehenge" performance, more specifically) mixed ...
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…in my Pants

Leave it to our favorite SNL jewbag, Andy Samberg, to call attention to every guy's worst nightmare inthis highly inappropriate yet hilarious new digital short. Highlights include Justin Timberlake playing a j...
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Fairey Godpainter

Wandering the street of Paris a few days ago, I saw posters of President Sarkozy, which riffed on Shepard Fairey's now-iconic Obama portrait (Fairey's Studio Number One also designed the cover of Heeb's Politic...
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Another Bush Invasion

For native Dallasites like myself, the news that W. just purchased a new home in pro-Obama North Dallas (right by my favorite P.F. Chang's where I spend a large portion of my Christmas break), is as welcmed new...
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Low-Tech Lynching

Absurdist director David Lynch has a new hobby: Running a foundation. The David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace raises money for in-school meditation programs. Um, aren't ther...
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First Middle East Comedy Festival

A comedy festival without Jews is like a Cher concert without gays--i.e. inconceivable. But however daunting a venture this may be, a group of bone-tickling Arabs are going to a take a heartfelt stab at it. Am...
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Happy Turkey Day from Sarah Palin

Watch this hilarious video of Sarah Palin giving an interview, completely oblivious to the turkeys be slaughtered behind her. It's been over two weeks since the election, and this womancontinues to be an unbea...
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Jemaine to the Conversation

From the wacky Mormons who brought you Napoleon Dynamite comes 2009's Gentlemen Broncos, starring our fave FOTC-ordian, Jemaine Clement. F*** yeah! GB's catchy viral marketing campaign, which features Clement'...